Captain Bodgit Gotham-Bound

Published: March 23, 1997

The top 3-year-old Captain Bodgit will use the Wood Memorial April 12 rather than Keeneland's Blue Grass Stakes the same day for his final Kentucky Derby prep race.

The appearance of Captain Bodgit in New York meant that his return match with with co-favorite for the Derby, Pulpit, would not take place until the afternoon of May 3 in the starting gate at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Pulpit, the undefeated favorite for the Derby until the Captain outraced him in the Florida Derby, will run in the Blue Grass.